Paperback edition of the latest novel from the Australian author, who has won the Booker Prize twice. Set in contemporary London and in 19th century Germany, it's the story of a man and a woman who can never meet, and a secret love story. As a conservator at the Swinburne museum restores an automaton, she discovers a series of handwritten notebooks telling the extraordinary story behind it. '}The Chemistry Of Tears{ isn't only about life and inventiveness: it overflows with them.' Peter Kemp, }Sunday Times{